close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare; (arch.) most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
apartment with one bedroom and a combined dining room and kitchen
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
several times; a few times
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
training; drill; practice; discipline
schedule; program; programme; agenda
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
true state; actual condition; reality
underground world; underground society
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
mountain hamlet; mountain village
light of wisdom (when nearing nirvana); silent illumination; paradise; nirvana
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
reception hall (in a temple or palace)
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
sunlight filtering through trees
Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)